SAN FRANCISCO, April 5, 2017 -- As many as 600 million people in Southeast Asia chew areca nuts with betel leaves, sometimes adding tobacco leaves. Many users are addicted to this harmful "betel quid" ...

Sir, the habit of chewing areca nut with or without tobacco receives little attention, especially their toxic effect on hard tissues. People are switching over to smokeless tobacco and areca nut ...

Among Chinese students studying in Japan, areca nuts, a tree fruit with stimulant effects, are flowing in and spreading through downtown entertainment districts and social networking services (SNS).

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Chewing betel quid (also known as areca nut or paan) is associated with significant increases in all-cause death, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and a range of other metabolic ...

A five-year, $2 million grant to study the pharmacological effects of the areca nut, commonly known as the betel nut, was awarded to a UTHealth Houston researcher by the National Institute on Drug ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Betel nut prices fluctuate frequently. In this stall in Port Moresby they sell for one kina per nut (20 pence) - Torbjörn ...

July 19 (UPI) --Researchers are developing a way for users to kick an addiction to betel quid -- a cheap stimulant that can lead to oral disease and cancer. By combining nicotine gum with an existing ...

A University of Guam team is looking at developing strategies to help betel nut chewers who want to quit the risky habit. Yvette Paulino, principal investigator of the University of Guam Cancer ...

The latest research on betel nut and its links to cancer will be presented at the University of Guam Thursday. A community seminar will be held at the UOG School of Business & Public Administration ...

A University of Guam team is looking at developing strategies to help betel nut chewers who want to quit the risky habit. Yvette Paulino, principal investigator of the University of Guam Cancer ...